This is a guest editorial post by Kurt Sorensen, the Corporate Credit Director for H&E Equipment. The following was submitted to the Louisiana State Law Institute Security Devices Committee suggesting changes be…

It’s difficult to stress how beneficial filing a lien can be for your company when attempting to collect on a non-paying project. However, this begs the very important, and sometimes difficult to answer question: Are you legally entitled to lien?

There are some customers or prime contractors who will not pay you after a significant amount of work, labor, services and materials have been invested into performing a job. The founder of zlien’s father and grandfather were both general contractors in New Orleans, LA, so we know your frustration.